(1) Duke was soundly defeated in this month's Louisiana governor's race.

(2) Duke lost the governor's race, but his followers want him to run for president.

(3) This reflects the closeness of the California governor's race and Whitman's prodigious financial resources.

(4) The same debate is taking place in the governor's race, where the former eBay chief executive, Republican Meg Whitman, faces Democrat, and former governor, Jerry Brown.

(5) Democrat Andrew Cuomo won the governor's race in New York, where the program was founded.

(6) One had refused to pursue allegations of voter fraud in the 2004 governor's race in Washington state, which a Democrat won by a hair's breadth.

(7) In 2002, two years after succeeding Bush, Perry won his first governor's race. Four years later, he won again, but with only thirty-nine per cent of the vote in a four-way race.

(8) Forecasters are hedging their bets about the outcome of this Saturday's Louisiana governor's race.

(1) Duke was soundly defeated in this month's Louisiana governor's race.